Too hot to trot? exploring potential links between climate change, physical activity and health Townsend, Mardie, Mahoney, Mary, Jones, J., Ball, Kylie, Salmon, Jo and Finch, C. 2003, Too hot to trot? exploring potential links between climate change, physical activity and health, Journal of science and medicine in sport, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 260-265, doi: 10.1016/S1440-2440(03)80019-1. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Too hot to trot? exploring potential links between climate change, physical activity and health Author(s) Townsend, Mardie Mahoney, Mary Jones, J. Ball, Kylie orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-8415 Salmon, Jo orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-6354 Finch, C. Journal name Journal of science and medicine in sport Volume number 6 Issue number 3 Start page 260 End page 265 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication New York, NY. Publication date 2003-09 ISSN 1440-2440 1878-1861 Summary Based on an analysis of existing literature, this paper explores the links between climate change, physical activity and health. It highlights the importance of physical activity for health, explores current understandings of factors influencing participation in sport and physical activity, and develops some hypotheses about the ways in which climate change may impact on the factors influencing physical activity and thereby on the level of participation in physical activity. The paper argues that climate change has the potential to be a barrier to participation in physical activity, particularly in areas where temperatures are already relatively high, and that a reduction in physical activity across the population is likely to have detrimental health impacts. The need for research to clarify the nature and extent of the threat posed to physical activity participation is highlighted, as is the need to take into account the direct and indirect costs of any changes or reductions in physical activity in any assessment of the costs of climate change and/or its mitigation. Language eng DOI 10.1016/S1440-2440(03)80019-1 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2003, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002242 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences School of Health and Social Development Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 17 Oct 2008, 08:30:04 EST Tue, 24 Mar 2009, 12:48:06 EST Fri, 13 Sep 2013, 14:04:22 EST Fri, 13 Sep 2013, 14:05:40 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 22:01:44 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 14:13:35 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 20 times in TR Web of Science Cited 21 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1042 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:19:15 EST

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